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Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by kingcharles on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:39PM (#29544327)
Handsome being a male adjective is a recent development though. Read some 19th century novels and the women are routinely described as handsome.

I told my girlfriend she was handsome the other day and she objected strenuously.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/355908/why-is-ha...

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